John Caswell

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John, addendum...re KEL84 mains hum.
Would your advice be to replace the earth to the Schiit preamp - even though that got rid of the hum? The amp is plugged into the wall and the preamp into an extension that itself runs from a "Pure" mains conditioner and protector. Would it be helpful if both amp and preamp shared the same mains source? Thanks.

Hi John, I am having some problems with a KEL 84 that I am using and have just posted on the forum. I will be driving through Bracknell in early January. Could I drop the amp off if I haven't resolved the problem? Regards David

Volume position change discussed a couple of weeks ago after the recent Pre 3 modification ?

I may be able to make p.m. on Friday next ( July 3rd ) to achieve this - Is this a possibility for you ?

Also I am experiencing a buzzing type oscillation through speakers - Cause may have been me as I have an upcoming tube rolling with kt88's wish to look at New Gold Lion quad from Hot-Rox currently unlistenable! Electro - Harmonix loud buzz ! also - "Used" recently purchased Svetlanas severe oscillation unthinkable to even try to use.

The Gold Lions and Svets must turn off within
seconds of switch on Svets severe - Dire. As you probably told me so !

Curiously my touching the case (with my fingers) of the power supply or the pre 3s or the phono drops the oscillation to virtually non existent with EH. A switched off pre section seems to make no difference. I connected a lash up earth to the three cases and held a wire to the power amp casing with no effect. Any Ideas ?

hi john. thank you for your reply. silly me got the valve number wrong. should be a
5691 double triode which i am told is a rugged version of the 6sl7gt valve would like to
use this as a substitute for ecc83.any comment would be appreciated. regards to all
john jay

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About John Caswell

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Wokingham, Berkshire

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HiFi, DIY, photography

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Radio & TV service engineer 'til 1973, then moved into Broadcast radio and Tv 'til 2005. Now service engineer for UKD and Audion plus repairing pretty well anything in the Hi Fi world